IOGKF Newsletter

August 2012

Mini - Gasshuku
Sensei Bakkies Laubscher (20, 21, 22 April 2012)

It was already the 9th
time that Sensei Bakkies came to Belgium to pass through his
knowledge of Goju Ryu Karate-do. We are always very pleased that
Sensei wants to come over to Belgium to teach us. Sensei Bakkies
is known for his physical, mental and technical training. He
owns the gift of pushing everybody to their limits. During these
three days he showed us how important basic training is. Day by
day the exercises became more difficult. Sensei taught us how
you can train hard by just practising your basic karate. By
practising basic karate your kata and bunkai will improve. The
more basic you train, the more effective your techniques will
become. Sensei emphasized the power of recall. By repeating
numerous times the same techniques you will become better at
them and you will understand the underlying meaning of these
techniques. Sensei combined different basic techniques which we
had to do with full speed and power. Though it were basic
techniques, we still had to think about them, because we had to
do them in a different way we were used to. During this Gasshuku
Sensei showed us again how important basic training is. By
mastering your basic techniques, you will lift your karate to a
higher level.

As always it was a
pleasure to be taught by a master like Sensei Bakkies. To see
him move with such a pace and accuracy inspires you to keep
training. I would like to thank Sensei Bakkies for such an
inspiring and instructive weekend. I would also like to thank
Sensei Patrick and his wife for organising this annual Gasshuku.
We are all looking forward to next year.